Emergency services cut driver out of vehicle after van hit power pole and flipped

The driver of a van which crashed into a power pole before flipping on its side has been taken to hospital. Picture: Port Stephens SES

A DRIVER had to be cut out of his vehicle this morning after his van veered off the road, hit a power pole and flipped at Salt Ash.

Port Stephens SES volunteers rushed to the scene about 5:50am this morning on reports a person had been trapped in their vehicle on Nelson Bay Road.